Atomizer



J. G. GOODHUE.

ATOMIZER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I. 1913. RENEWED AUG. 1. I919.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIAN G. GOODHIJ'E, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNIVERSAL UTILITIES COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ATOMIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Continuation in part of application Serial No. 701,969, filed June 6, 1912. This application filed February 7, 1913, Serial No. 746,738. Renewed August 1, 1919. Serial No. 314,722.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN G. Goonnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Atomiz'ers, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to .an improved form of atomizer and is particularly adapted for use in connection with disinfecting systems, a part of the subject matter of this case being divided out of my prior application for an improvement in disinfecting apparatus, Serial No. 701,969, filed June6, 1912.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide an atomizing device which shall be cheap to manufacture, readily installed and readily repaired. A further object of my invention resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of mydevice shown attached to a support;

Fi 2 is a side elevation of one of the members of my device, the remainder having been removed, showing the interior of the device;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the interior of the member removed from Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a sectional plan view along the line 1-4 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional and elevational views respectively of a modified form of atomizer, Fig. 5 being a vertical section through the center of Fig. 6.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is 'a vertical which may be any suitable support, as for example, the side of a bracket. 2 designates a member, preferably in the form of a casting, which carries integral with itself the larger part of the atomizer of this invention. The member 2 is provided with an upright piece-of rectangular cross section 3, integral with itself, the part 3 being designed to' lie fiat against the side of a supporting strip such as 1, and

being cut away on its under face for the atomizer.

reception of tubes. The part 3 carries two integral hook-shaped lugs 45, which are adapted to embrace two sides of the strip 1, the lug 5 being provided with a screw 6 for holding the atomizer in place. As clearly shown in the drawings, the part 2 is provided also with a horizontal portion 7, which is cut away, leaving an aperture 8. Integral with the portion 7 is a vertical portion 9, which is hollowed out to receive the pipes and tubes necessary to operate the According to my invention, I provide a member 10, which is complementary to the member 2 and which is pro vided with a horizontal portion 11 and a vertical portion 12. The vertical portion 12 the edges of the aperture 8. Both the members 2 and 10 are provided with similar lugs 161'6, provided with screw holes for the reception of a screw 17. Now, when the part 10 is placed in position as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, the lugs 14:, 15 and 16, in connection with the screw 17, hold the parts firmly together.

Each of the parts 2 and 10 is provided with a recess 18 in which is mounted a cylindrical plug 20, which is bored for the reception of tubes 21 and 22, used in the operation of the atomizer. A third tube 23 is shown in Fig. 2, which, instead of passing through the plug 20, delivers downwardly into the bottom of the tube 13.

In installing my device, it is expected that the supporting member, such as 1, will run along the face of a wall, and will be located so as to provide a space for the reception of the lugs 4: and 5 between the member 1 and the wall. Suitable air and liquid tubes 21 and 23 respectively are led along the wall through the recess in the member 1, and through a similar recess or cutout portion in the portion 3. The tube 21 delivers air for spraying purposes while tube 23 maintains a constant liquid level in the member 13. As shown in Fig. 4 the horizontal portion of the member 2 is open along its'rear face. This opening is designed to be closed by the wall when the device is in place. If desired the member 1 may form part of the support of a reservoir apparatus.

The part is provided in its upper portion with an aperture 24, through which the spray is delivered to the atmosphere.

In the operation of my device, the tube 23 delivers liquid into the tube 13; while the tube 21 is designed to deliver, a blast of air for the spraying operation. The tube 21 is provided with a small hole 25, through which the blast is delivered. This hole 25 being immediately above the upper end of the tube 22, the air blast serves to draw liquid from the tube 13 up the tube 22 and to spray the same'into the atmosphere.

As shown in Fig. 2, the tube 21 is provided with an enlarged extension 21 which extends beyond the atomizer proper. This division in the air pipe greatly facilitates the installation of the tubes in the atomizer.

The modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is installed and operated in the same way as the modification shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

but parts 30 and 31, which correspond to the parts 10 and 9 respectively, are modified at their upper ends, the part 31 being provided with a cap 32 which. projects forwardly so as to cover the tubes 21 and 22, while the part 30 is cut off at a level just below the top of the tube 22 having an. aperture 34: through which the spray is ejected.

The cap 32 is drilled to provide a hole 33 through which a -wire may be inserted to clean out the tube 22. The form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is, of course, provided with horizontal portions 2 and 11, with a vertical member 3, and with lugs 42, 5 and 16, the same as are shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

' Having thus described my. invention, what I claim is:

1. An atomizer structure comprising, in

combination, two separable semi-cylindric parts, said parts when together forming a substantially cylindric vertical reservoir portion and a substantially horizontal supporting portion, said parts being separable longitudinally of said vertical and horizontal portions and a reservoir carried by said vertical portion.

2. An atomizer structure comprising two separable semi-cylindric parts, said parts when together forming a substantially cylindric vertical reservoir portion and a substantially horizontal supporting portion,

said parts being separable longitudinally of said vertical and horizontal portions, and

one of said parts being provided withmeans for attaching the atomizer to a support and the other part being provided with means "for attachment to the first mentioned part.

away portion, said last mentioned member being provided with lugs for engaging the inner faces of the edges of said cut-away portion, and both of said portions being provided with aperturedlugs for the reception of a retaining screw.

5. In an atomizing device, in combination, two complementary members, each of which is provided with a semi-cylindrical recess, a cylindrical plug mounted in said complementary recesses, said -plug being provided with apertures, and tubes for the operation .of said atomizer supported in said plug.

6. In an atomizing device, in combination, two complementary parts, each of said parts being provided with an internal semi-cylindrical groove, a liquid receptacle mounted in said grooves, a liquid supply .pipe entering said receptacle, a plug provided with I apertures mounted in said parts above said receptacle, an air pipe passing through an aperture in said plug provided with an opening for delivery of air, and a liquid delivery tube running from said receptacle to a point in proximity to said opening.

7 An atomizer comprising in combination, two complementary castings, said castings together forming a substantially vertical tubular body, a liquid receptacle mount ed in the lower part of said body, and tubes running to the upperpart of said body, one of said complementary castings having a portion of its upper part cut away for permitting the egress of a .spray formedby substances delivered by said tubes.

8. An atomizer structure comprising in combination, two cooperating castings, one of said castings being provided with hook shaped lugs for engaglng a support, and also having horizontal and vertical portions, said horizontal portion being cut away, the other of said castings having a horizontal and a vertical portion, the vertical portion of said second mentioned castingregistering with the vertical 'portion of said firstmentioned casting, and the horizontal portion of said second mentioned casting being provided with lugs for engaging the edges of the cutaway portion of the first mentioned casting,

each of said castings being providedwith apertured lugs,

9. An atomizer structure comprising two cooperating parts, one of said parts having a horizontal and a vertical portion, said horizontal portion being open on one side and having a cut-out portion on the other side, said vertical portion being hollowed out, the second of said parts also having a vertical and a horizontal portion, the vertical portion being hollowed out and adapted to register with the vertical portion of the first mentioned part, said second mentioned part also having lugs for engaging the edges of the cut-out portion in the first mentioned part, said second mentioned part also being provided with an aperture in its vertical portion for permitting the egress of a spray.

10. In an atomizer, a supporting member comprising a horizontal portion having its opposite ends provided with vertical end portions, one of said end portions being constructed to receive and support an atomizer,

the opposite end portion being constructed to form a means whereby the same may be secured to a supporting structure, a supporting structure, an aperture in said supporting structure producing a space for the reception of tubes which lead from the atomizer structure provided at the end of said horizontal portion.

l1.'In an atomizer in combination, two complementary castings having upright portions of semi-circular cross section, one of said portions being cut oil shorter than the other and the longer of said portions being provided with a horizontally projecting cap, the lower edge of said cap being above and spaced from the upper edge of said shorter portion whereby an aperture is formed for the egress of a spray.

12. In an atomizer in combination, two complementary castings having upright portions of semi-circular cross section, one of said portions being cut off shorter than the other and the longer of said portions being provided with a horizontally projecting cap, the lower edge or said cap being above and spaced from the upper edge of said shorter portion whereby an aperture is formed for the egress of a spray, said cap being provided with an aperture.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 24th day of June, A. D., 1912.

JULIAN G. GOODHUE.

Witnesses A. L. JoNEs, HAZEL JoNEs. 

